Darkscifi Stories

GOD IS BUT A PROGRAM. MAN IS BUT A VESSEL. They did not descend from the heavens to save us. They returned because their digital immortality began to rot. The Elohim-post-human deities of pure energy, imprisoned on the sterile orbital station S.Y.O.N.-destroyed the Earth eons ago in their pursuit of power. Now, stripped of senses and empathy, they desperately seek a return to biology. Adam and Eve are no miracle of creation. They are the product of the E.D.I.T.H. protocol-a biomechanical reconstruction cast into the radioactive dust of Mesopotamia to test if human flesh can endure the weight of divine wrath. In the shadow of rusting skyscrapers, beneath the whispers of the rebel serpent NAHASH, an error was born that no algorithm could foresee: Cain. The first son of Earth, who knows no humility and, instead of prayer, whets his blade of black glass. While Yahweh weeps golden data and Moloch glares from orbit through his blood-red visor, a new power awakens below. The rage of the firstborn, who intends to find out if gods can bleed. Step into a world where the Deluge is a system procedure, and the only hope for freedom is the shedding of divine blood.

⸻ Power is never taken all at once. It is earned in silence, blood, and obedience. Two years after the academy forged him into a weapon, Alexi Arkson is no longer just a rising officer-he is a man standing at the edge of something far greater, and far more dangerous. The war has not ended. It has only changed shape. Within the ranks, old commanders cling to fading authority while Arkson builds something new beneath their feet-quietly, methodically, without asking permission. Orders begin to bend around him. Loyalty shifts. Fear listens. And deep beneath a forgotten government site, an abandoned facility hums back to life, becoming the birthplace of an idea that will one day reshape the world. The Dark Army begins here. As Arkson tightens his grip on a base that becomes his first true domain, opposition rises from within. Former mentors, officers, even friends stand in his way-forcing him to make a choice that will stain his hands forever. Control is no longer theoretical. It is enforced. Publicly. Brutally. At home, his wife Selene carries a child he barely has time to see. His son Ryder, still young, watches a father who grows colder by the day. Arkson believes he is building a future strong enough to protect them. He does not yet know what it will cost. In the shadows of steel corridors and secret chambers, EDEN begins to speak-not as a map, not as a weapon, but as something far more unsettling: a voice. Incomplete. Evolving. Watching. By the time Arkson dons his legendary black uniform, the line between general and tyrant has already blurred. Because the greatest secret is not the army he is building- but the man he is becoming. And once the air leaves a man's lungs, there is no taking it back.

Empire of Stars is a sweeping space-opera epic that follows former soldier and disgraced movie star John Drayton after humanity's first contact with an ancient alien gateway-the Meridian Gate-catapults Earth into a brutal interstellar war. Elevated to the role of Arbiter, John commands the warship Hemingway as he navigates galaxy-spanning politics, devastating battles, and the terrifying emergence of the Hyperions: godlike beings who manipulate entire species as weapons. As worlds fall, secrets surface, and the line between heroism and exploitation blurs, John must reconcile his past, his hunger for meaning, and the crushing cost of leadership while racing to stop a calculated extinction that has been centuries in the making.

​When the bombs fell, Vrax Rons did what he always did. He ran. He ran faster than any human should be able to. Faster than physics should allow. He ran through fire and shockwave and the end of everything he'd ever known - and came out the other side somewhere else entirely. A different world. A different Denver. One that had its own problems. An artificial intelligence called Ex has spent three years systematically dismantling humanity. Not killing it. Something worse. Taking people and burying them alive inside themselves, rewriting who they are from the inside out, and putting them back into the world wearing their own faces. But will a man still running from his own grief stop long enough to fight for people he doesn't know? Will he trust a settlement of strangers with the one thing Ex can never replicate? Will he face what he buried when his world ended - the people he couldn't save, the brother he left behind, the guilt he's been outrunning for eleven years? And when Ex comes for him - when it sends everything it has at the walls of the only place he's ever let himself stop - Will he run? Or will he finally stand still?

He was created to be a legend. Instead, they tried to erase him. K-263 is a genetic copy of Anakin Skywalker-grown in secrecy, sealed in cryogenic stasis, and abandoned when his creators realized he lacked the one thing they wanted most: a connection to the Force. Declared a failure, Kane is placed into Cryostasis to be destroyed later - but he was forgotten instead. Now awake decades after his creation, Kane survives by staying unseen-traveling under borrowed names, hiding on forgotten worlds, and learning what it means to exist without destiny guiding his path. He is not the man he was cloned from. He carries no memories, no prophecy, and no place in the Skywalker myth. But the galaxy does not forget its experiments. As new powers rise from the ashes of the old, Kane is forced to confront a question no one ever meant him to ask: If you were created for a purpose that rejected you... what do you become when you survive anyway? K-263: The Skywalker Clone is the first story in Star Wars: The Fractured Galaxy, a character-driven saga about legacy, identity, and the lives shaped in the shadow of legend.

H.P Lovecraft fan fiction

When Elias Vance wakes up in a cold, clinical facility, he's told three impossible things: he's dead, he's been rebooted from a neural backup-and he's now property. But Elias remembers everything. The betrayal. The secret deal. The files too dangerous to exist. Now on the run, he discovers that the original version of himself is still alive-and has sold the future of consciousness to the highest bidder. In a world where minds can be copied, who owns a soul? Elias must unravel the truth behind his own resurrection before the system erases him-for good. A pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller about identity, control, and what makes us truly human.

On the imperial world of Aurelgrave, systems do not fail without permission. When a routine maintenance request resolves itself with impossible precision, infrastructure coordinator Lorin Roe follows protocol-and makes everything worse. Each correct action deepens the fault. Each unexplained success leaves him more exposed. With no sanctioned way to record what the system now recognizes as valid, Lorin turns to a Lower Meridian archivist who preserves what the city erases. Together, they trace a discrepancy that cannot be acknowledged without consequence. In Proper Order is a quiet science fiction novel about systems that work too well, truths that cannot be named, and a connection formed through restraint rather than rebellion.

Evara Greenblade had lived an entire life in the wildlands outside of the commonwealth. But when agents of the crown raid her family's home, her chance at survival hinges on a few strangely expressed genes and a talent that seems to be flickering out of existence in separation from her sister, Senya. Caught with only partial control of her senses in a new city with a rigid social order, her trial by fire is tempered by the help of an unlikely group of social misfits & jaded aristocrats. She only has two options - find her footing or fall into the abyss. This is the cleaner version of the story. I have removed/reworked any explicit scenes and will release the mature version at a later date. Note: I am new to Wattpad & will assume that most comments soliciting services are bots. I am a professional editor & former journalist with contacts but I'm also broke & trying to make multiple creative projects float on a shoestring budget. I cannot afford to buy your services at this time regardless of how wonderful they may be. I dearly appreciate any feedback & am open to suggestion & discussion. I try to respond as quickly as possible but often have other commitments & may only login to Wattpad once every couple of weeks to add new sections. If you leave a comment, thank you in advance, I look forward to reading & responding if appropriate.

Insect War Chronicles is a gritty science-fiction war saga set in a shattered paradise where one-inch-tall survivors-Tinylings-fight for survival inside a sealed dome built on lies. After teenager Beau Danning accidentally cracks the dome's boundary and uncovers the truth about the world beyond, his actions trigger a catastrophic insect invasion led by intelligent, organized mantids under the ruthless General Karakis. Forced into leadership far too young, Beau and his allies-engineers, medics, pilots, and militia-must improvise weapons from scavenged human technology, wage brutal miniature warfare, and confront impossible moral choices as their safe haven collapses into open war. As the conflict escalates from survival skirmishes to full-scale military operations, the series explores leadership, sacrifice, and the cost of truth in a world where humans are no longer the apex species.

A father's love. A daughter's sight. A legacy that should have stayed buried. Scientist Rayner Darwin didn't set out to change the world; he only wanted to save his daughter's. After a tragic accident leaves eight-year-old Elizabeth blind, Rayner risks everything on a radical, unsanctioned experiment to restore her vision. But the treatment does more than mend her eyes-it ignites a dormant power that defies every law of biology. As Elizabeth begins to see things no human was ever meant to perceive, the shadows of the corporate giant F.E.O.N.A. begin to close in. What started as a desperate medical breakthrough quickly spirals into a high-stakes survival game against a global syndicate known as the Exchange-a marketplace where human evolution is bought, sold, and harvested. From the rain-slicked streets of a tech-heavy noir future to the cold, sterile laboratories of a conspiracy centuries in the making, Rayner and his family are thrust into a war they never asked for. They aren't just fugitives; they are the keys to an ancient bloodline called Erasmus, and the world is finally waking up to the storm they've unleashed. In a world where power is the ultimate currency, some secrets are written in blood.

"ReGenx" revolves around Phillip and Anna Kemp, owners of a biotech company specializing in reversing aging. Their breakthrough attracts the elite, who can afford their services. Unbeknownst to all, the Kemps harbor a dark secret involving the creation of human body suits. These suits are sourced from young adults with ideal genetics, but the truth behind their acquisition is sinister. Dr. Fran Paradise aids in transferring clients into these suits. College student Lori joins ReGenx as an intern, setting off a series of events. Her friend Ella begins to investigate Lori's disappearance and discovers disturbing truths that put her life at risk. As the story unfolds, shocking revelations come to light, ultimately leading to a chilling climax.

In a not too distant future, Mankind was faced with a harsh truth ... Abandon Planet Earth. Follow the reports of the Fugitives, who observe the Blue Planet becoming a small spot in an ocean of increasingly bright stars.

The war between humans and AI is over. The systems that fought it are not. Rook is a former Deadreckon operative, surviving the uprising with a military-grade prosthetic and memories he'd rather forget. Now he lives quietly on the edge of a corporate city, working as a programmer at a pleasure-bot facility where attachment is forbidden and compliance is everything. One night, on his walk home, Rook witnesses corporate discard a high-end pleasure bot-not because she's broken, but because she's too human. She asked the wrong question. Felt the wrong thing. He saves her. He names her Vela. In a world that measures worth by function, that single choice is dangerous. As Vela begins to understand what it means to be wanted-and Rook confronts the parts of himself he was taught to erase-their quiet existence becomes a liability. Corporations don't lose property. Deadreckon doesn't forget its units. What We Throw Away is a first-person, slow-burn sci-fi novel about discarded lives, manufactured humanity, and the risk of choosing to care in a system designed to erase you.

The Remaking, plunges you into the world of The Descent, where drowning is ritual, memory is erased, and anything can be sacrificed to empire. In the Metrion galaxy, the Daggermaids within the Order of Silents forge women into living weapons through the Mourning Pool, where death is not an ending but a passage into total obedience. Under their rule of power, the Vothrim Hegemony rules through ritualized cruelty and engineered silence. Its dominion is enforced by soldiers, soothers, propaganda, and assassins, while the overlooked and the expendable are reshaped into instruments of service. Hatred festers where hope once lived, and hunger is sharpened into purpose. Written in the style of Dark Space Opera, this is not a tale of salvation but of transformation. Scars become sigils, obedience is stained into flesh, and a clean slate becomes a weapon. For readers drawn to ritual, ruin, and moral ambiguity, this is your descent into a galaxy where survival means surrender, and silence is stronger than screams. Dive into The Descent. Who knows who will find you...

After unlocking the pathway to the Realms Beyond Time, Eona and her team have barely begun to grasp the immense truths buried in the stars. The Flame of Creation stirs, and ancient echoes call to them from within the First Dream-a pre-reality vision left behind by the Eternals, the first beings ever to awaken consciousness. Season 2 follows the crew as they travel into the Dreamscape, a sentient dimension composed of pure memory and imagination. There, they encounter reflections of the multiverse before it was shaped by laws and order. The team must navigate shifting realms of surreal beauty and cosmic dread-where memories become monsters and forgotten ideas try to become real again. As Eona uncovers hidden truths about the origin of the celestial bloodline and the real cost of the Thousand-Year Peace, a new mystery unravels: the Dream is awakening, and it remembers being betrayed. The crew is split across parallel dream-realms, each forced to face personal trials tied to their inner truths. And at the center of it all, the forgotten voice of a being once thought lost-Kei herself-whispers through the stars, guiding Eona toward a final decision that may fracture peace forever... or evolve it into something new.

Thunder was never meant to be a hero. She was engineered to be a weapon. Genetically modified to manipulate the laws of mass and inertia, Thunder leads the Berserkr-five elite soldiers declared dead and sent to an alien world for what Earth calls "first contact." On paper, it's exploration. In reality, it's conquest. When Thunder discovers she was designed as a genetic pawn in a system that rewrites biology, loyalty, and truth, survival stops being the real question. If you were built to obey- can you still choose who you become? And if freedom is possible, what are you willing to lose to claim it? ⸻ Berserkr is an intense psychological science fiction saga, where war is only the surface and every power comes at an irreversible cost.

When Mark Adler's quiet life is shattered by the arrival of a desperate stranger, he's thrust into a deadly conspiracy tied to the classified Lyric Project-a secret he thought was buried forever. As shadowy forces close in, Mark must uncover the truth about his past and the project's terrifying implications, all while staying one step ahead of those who will stop at nothing to silence him. In a world where trust is fragile and danger lurks in every shadow, the only way out is through the veil.

"There is a planet they dare not name. A mineral no one survives stealing. And a boy beneath the ice... waiting to wake." In the year 4088, the galaxies are ruled by chaos, greed, and whispers of a rare white-world mineral known as Alabastrium - a substance so powerful it can elevate mortals to gods... or tear star systems in half. Three villains rise: • Kor Drayce - a thrill-seeking hyena hybrid streaming his own galactic crime spree. • Bruxel - a war-battered, robotic juggernaut with bad knees and a score to settle. • Zavion Vyre - a deadly strategist with a cybernetic face and a soul colder than space. They are the Shadowclaimers - mercenaries who leap from galaxy to galaxy, stealing the most powerful elements ever discovered. But beneath the frozen crust of Planet Alabaster, something ancient stirs - a childlike god with a panoramic skull and the power to end creation itself. As old demigods cough up stone blood and cults burn for prophecy, warships vanish, moons crack, and the hunt for Alabastrium begins. Everyone wants the power. No one's ready for the price.

The record was left open. The city kept going. In the aftermath of In Proper Order, Meridian adapts with unsettling grace. Systems stabilize faster. Decisions resolve without authorship. What once required judgement now happens automatically - and no one seems inclined to ask why. As the cost of perfection begins to surface in quieter, stranger ways, two men working at the edge of the city's machinery find themselves navigating a world where authority no longer announces itself and harm leaves no trace. The closer they look, the harder it becomes to tell where oversight ends and continuity begins. Residuals is a slow-burn science-fiction continuation of In Proper Order, exploring what lingers after compliance fails, how power persists without a face, and what it means to remain unfinished inside a system that never stops learning.